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ZefiroZefiro - Marian Antiphons

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~ PROGRAM ~
Ave Regina caelorum
Plainchant Solemn Tone
Alonso Lobo c. 1555 - 1617
Guillaume Dufay c. 1400 - 1474
Regina caeli
Plainchant Solemn Tone
Robert White c. 1538 - 1574
William Byrd 1543 - 1623
Cristobal de Morales c. 1500 - 1553




Salve Regina

Plainchant Solemn Tone
William Cornysh 1465 - 1523
Alma Redemptoris
Plainchant Solemn Tone
Aires Fernandez fl.ca. 1550
Johannes Ockeghem c. 1410 - 1497
Tomas Luis de Victoria 1548 - 1611


Pauline Lim & Cory MacLean, soprano

Ruth Berry & Allegra Martin,
alto

Jonathan Wiening & Joel McCoy,
tenor

Jonathan Moore & Jacob Cooper,
bass




Zefiro
is a Boston- and Providence-based ensemble of eight singers devoted to performing sacred a capella vocal music of the 14th - 17th  centuries. Founded by six members of the group formerly known as passio, this award-winning ensemble takes inspiration from specialist groups around the world such as the Tallis Scholars, the Sixteen, and the Taverner Consort. Zefiro's credits include winning a project grant from the Somerville Arts Council, chapter of the Massachusetts Cultural Council and National Endowment for the Arts; and an invitation to participate in the Society of Historically Informed Performance (SoHIP) 2009 Summer Concert Series; with upcoming performances in Boston, Weston, Andover, and Nahant. For more information, please visit our website at www.zefiroensemble.com. To book us for an event, please send email to zefiroensemble@gmail.com.




Program Notes




The Marian antiphons are a group of sacred devotional songs in the Gregorian chant repertoire of the Roman Catholic Church, sung in honor of the Virgin Mary. The original manuscripts date back to the 12th century. There are four chants in current usage, each associated with one of the four seasons of the liturgical year. They are sung at the end of the evening monastic offices of Compline or Vespers. These texts and melodies have been the source of hundreds of brilliant and moving works by various composers down through the centuries, of which we offer a very small selection today.



Texts


Ave Regina


Sung from Candlemas to Maundy Thursday






Ave Regina coelorum, ave


Domina angelorum Salve, radix


sancta, ex qua mundo lux est


orta: Gaude gloriosa, super


omnes speciosa: Vale, valde


decora, et pro nobis semper


Christum exora.



Hail, Queen of heaven, hail,


Mistress of the angels, hail, holy root


from which came the light of the


world. Rejoice, glorious one, beautiful


above all others. Hail and farewell


most gracious, Always plead with


Christ for us


In the setting by Dufay, the text is interspersed with pleas from the composer:





Miserere tui labentis Dufay, ne


peccatorum ruat in ignem


fervorum. Miserere genitrix


Domini, Ut pateat orta coeli


debili. Miserere supplicant


Dufay. Sitque in conspectus


tuo mors eius speciosa. In


excelsis ne damnemur,


Miserere nobis. Et iuva ut in


mortis hora nostra.



Mercy on thee for thy missteps,


Dufay, neither let [thy] sins destroy


[thee] with raging fire. Have mercy,


Mother of God, so that an opening


to heaven may be made by [his]


feeble works. Have mercy, Dufay


prays, let his death also be lovely in


thy sight, so that he not be


condemned on high. Have mercy on


us, and assist us even at the hour of


our death.


Translation by Peter T. Gibson


Regina Coeli


Sung during Paschal-tide*





Regina coeli, laetare, alleluia,


quia quem meruisti portare,


alleluia, resurrexit sicut dixit,


alleluia; ora pro nobis Deum,


alleluia.



Queen of heaven, rejoice, alleluia, for


he whom you were merited to bear,


alleluia, was resurrected as he said,


alleluia; entreat God for us, alleluia.


*We ask divine absolution for the singing of Alleluia during Lent.



Salve Regina


Sung from Trinity Sunday to Advent





Salve, Regina, mater


misericordiae; vita dulcedo et


spes nostra, salve, Ad te


clamamus, exsules filii Evae.


Ad te suspiramus, gementes et


flentes in hac lacrimarum valle.


Eia ergo, Advocata nostra, illos


tuos misericordes oculos ad nos


converte. Et Jesu, bendictum


fructum ventris tui, nobis post


hoc exsilium Ostend. O


Clemens: O pia: O dulcis Virgo Maria



Hail, holy Queen, Mother of Mercy,


our life, our sweetness and our hope.


To thee do we cry, poor banished


children of Eve; to thee do we send up


our sighs, mourning and weeping in


this vale of tears. Turn then, most


gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy


toward us; and after this our exile,


show unto us the blessed fruit of thy


womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O


sweet Virgin Mary.



Alma Redemptoris


Sung from Advent to Candlemas





Alma Redemptoris Mater, quae


pervia caeli porta manes, et


stella maris succurre cadenti


surgere qui curat, populo: tu


quae genuisti, natura mirante,


tuum sanctum Genitorem,


Virgo prius a posterius


Gabrielis ab ore sumens illud


Ave; peccatorum miserere.



Loving mother of the Redeemer, that


passage to heaven, gate of the


morning, and star of the sea, assist


the fallen people, who strive to rise,


you who bore to the wonderment of


nature, your holy Creator, Virgin


before and after, who received from


Gabriel that joyful greeting. Hail;


have mercy on us sinners.


This album is a recording of a live performance by Zefiroon March 29, 2009. It was produced by Randy Winchester for ARTSomerville. CD quality FLAC files of this recording are available from http://www.archive.org/details/Zefiro-MarianAntiphons_158.


ARTSomerville LogoARTSomerville (ARTS) is a volunteer arts organization based in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA, which draws upon the talents of local creativity, strengthening communication among artists and the public by presenting exhibits, performances, and educational activities. Albums appearing under the ARTSomerville logo are from artists that have given performances at ARTSomerville sponsored events. Visit www.artsomerville.org to learn more.




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Artist/Composer: Zefiro
Keywords: vocal; a capella; sacred; Renaissance

Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0


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03 Ave Regina caelorum - Guillaume Dufay 37.5 MB
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